A CONVICTED FELON WHO FLED FROM A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ON SATURDAY MORNING HAS BEEN APPREHENDED. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, 48 YEAR OLD ERNEST LEE COOPER OF BRISTOL VIRGINIA WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN HARLAN COUNTY KENTUCKY YESTERDAY MORNING. COOPER WAS CAPTURED AS THE RESULT OF HIS BEING STOPPED ON A TRAFFIC VIOLATION. COOPER FLED INTO A RESIDENCE, RAN OUT THE BACK DOOR, AND INTO THE WOODS. COOPER IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN THE HARLAN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, AWAITING HIS RETURN TO WASHINGTON COUNTY.